Box-making machine



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' APPLICATION FILED IAN? '0, 1918. RENEWED FEB. 4, 19.22. l ,425,7 7%, Patented Aug. 15,1922.

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RICHARD G. INWOOD, DECESED, LATE OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, BY MARY GAIN INWOO), ADMINISTRATRIX, 0F SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO WIRE- BOUNDS PATENTS COMPANY, OF RITTER-Y, MAINE, CORPORATION OF. MAINE. i

-BoX-MAKrNG MACHINE.,

speification of Lettersratent. A Patented Aug. 15,1922.'

Application led January 10,191.8, Serial No. 211,264. Renewed February 4, 19224. vSerial No. 534,259.

To allfwwm i# may concern.' e t Be it known that RICHARD Gr. INwooD, deceased, late a citizen of the United States, and resident of South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, has invented an Improvement in Box-Making Machines, of which the following is a specio'ation. v

This invention; relates to machinery for makingv wire bound boxes and the like. rMore particularly it pertains to means for severing binding wire which has been secured to box or similar parts.

For purposes of illustration, the invention will be describedas embodied in a machine for making wire bound box blanks, the principal object of the invention, when embodied 'in such a machine,

being to sever the binding wires between one blank and 'the next after the wires have been attached to the blanks. Obviously the invention is not limited, in its application, to machines of this particular type. l

In the drawings?.u

Fig. l is an end elevation ofl the illustr'ative machine as viewed from the left in Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a side' elevation of that end of the machine shown in Fig. l as viewed from the right in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a detailed side elevation of certain of the wire severing devices;

Fig. 4 is ail section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; l

Fig. 5 is a detached detail side elevation of certain othercutting devices;

Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 5 as viewedfroin the right 'in The specific type of wire\bound box blank machine selected for illustration is intended for making box blanks compris'- ing cleats, ..side sheets and binding wire, the three 1 being secured together by staples which straddle the bindingwire,

pass through the side'v sheets and anchorvv in the cleats. VTo suit this particular object, the machineis provided with a work holder and conveyor; which receives the cleats and sheets, holds them in proper relationship, and 1introduces them `to binding-wire' feeding and staple driving mechanism l which lays the binding wire` on the box parts and staples it to them. Ordinarily, when made upon suchamachine each wire bound .box blank comprises four sections for the top, bottom, front, and rear sides of the box; 'and the machine is adapted to apply continuous lengths of binding wire to a succession of these sections. The Vbinding wires are intended to be severed be.

tween one box blank and the next in such lmanner as to lea-ve free ends of the ,wire

substantial distance' from lthe advance end of the next following blank to allow ,bei tween them a suiiicient length of' wire to supply, when severed, the desired free ends.

The particular embodiment of `the invention selected for illustration has for its plurpose to sever thewire between the box anls for lthe purposes just described.-

Referring vto the drawings :-The work conveyor comprises endless Vchains lO-ll mounted upon sheaves 12v and moved intermittently in the direction of the arrow 13 in Fig. 2, by means of any suitable mechanism suchas the pawl' and "ratchet mechanlsm ilustrated in Fig. 2. y

Binding'wire 14 is fed from a convenient source into proper Arelationshipll with the work on the ,conveyor 10; and during the periodsof rest of the conveyor, staples are driven astride of the binding wireand into the sheets and cleats (where the cleats are present) or simply into-the sheets where no cleats'are fpresent. A vertically reciprocating cross-head l5 carries suitable driving mechanism of any-suitable type, un

cleats; two other wires are applied at intermediate points as `presently described.

Referring now to Fig. 3, the rear end-of one box `blank is shown at the left as comprising a cleat 16 and a sheet 17 while thel advance end of another box blank isshown at the right, comprising a cleat 18 and` sheet 19. A binding wire 14 is shown ex-4 tending over and between these two blank ends and'secured to them respectively by staples 2l and 22./ The blank ends are spaced apart a desired distance by means vof-a spacer block 23 which in the illustrative embodiment of the finvention serves alsovas a part of the wire severing mechl anism. f

A spacer block 23 is* secured in any suitable manner to each of the conveyors l0 and ll; and each conveyor may have a number of spacerv blocks 23 corresponding to the number of blanks which the`conveyor is -constructed to carry. The particular spacing block 23 is secured to its conveyor, by being bolted to a flange of the conveyor` chain as indicated in Fig. l.

As shown in Fig. 4, the spacer block 23 -is-recessed at 25 to provide a seat for the wire'14`in which the wire may rest during jthe severing operation.V

v vAdjacent this seat 25,*the block 23 is recessed to leave a face 26, the intersection of the seat 25 and the face 26 providing a cutv.ting edge 'against which the wire may b e vsevered 1n cooperation position to contact with"the face 26 of the` Cutting. block 23 as the latter is moved toward the left in Fig.v 3 during the feed-- ing movement of the work conveyor. Thus# as the lspacer block 23- Amoves toward the left in Fig. 3, it will presently Contact with the blade 29v and will forcibly rotate the 'cutting wheel 28 and shaft 30, thereby moving the blade 29 from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the position of the blade ,32, in

whichposition'the face 26 of the spacery block .will leave the cutter wheel 28, to await the arrival vof another spacer block in the.

further feeding movement ofthe conveyor. Obviously7 as the face 26 of the spacer block 23 strikes and rotates the blade 29, it forces the cutting edge of the blade downwardly so that the edge cooperates with the cutting edge of the spacer block to sever the wire.

ltwi'll be evident that the cutting operation and the point at which the wire is severed are conveniently determined by the position of the face 26 of the spacer block raam/re 23, in relation to the wire, and therefore the pointat which the wire is out may be very definitely predetermined by the particular construction of the spacer block 23. F or instance, thatpart of the spacer block 23 which intervenes between the face 26 and the advance end of the sheet 19 of the rear box section serves in effect as a gauge which may definitely measure and predetermine the length of wire which is to be left projecting beyond the end of the box blank. Similarly, that part of the spacer block 23 which intervenes between the face 26 and the rearl end of the sheetl? of the advance box blank serves as a gauge to predetermine the length of Wire to Ab e left projecting from the rear end of said blank.` j

@ne of the cutter wheels 28 is fixed'upon the shaft 3() vopposite Veach of the conveyors 10 Aand ll. lt should be borne in mind that in this specific embodiment of the invention the movement of the spacer blocks 23 during the feed of the conveyor, providesthe power which rotates the cutter wheels 28 and shaft 30 so that it is' the movement vof the work which causes the occurrence of the cutting operation.

Since there are preferably no conveyors,

such as chains l0 and 11, at intermediate points transversely of the blank, and therefore no convenient means of providing spacer blocks 23 or Asimilar devices to assist in severing the intermediate wires, a somewhat different expedient is adopted for thispurpose.

A'cutter wheel 35 is mounted on theA shaft '30 in position to act upon each of the intermediate binding wires; and registering with 4 eachv cutting wheel 35 is a second cutting wheel 36 fixed upon. a shaft 37.-

rThe shafts 30 and 3l" are geared Atogether to rota'te in opposite directions at the Same speed. F or instance, the shaft 30 has a fixed gear 40 driving an intermediate gear 4f on a lshort shaft, which in turn drives a gear 42 on a shaft 43 having another gearl 44 which drives a gear45 on the shaft 37.

rlhese gears 40, 4l, 42, 44, and 45 are all of the same size. rlhus, when the feed of the work, acting, through the spacer block 23 aforesaid rotates the cutter wheel 27 and its shaft 30, the 'cutter wheels 35 and 36 are likewise forcibly rotated, their progressive relationships being 'indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5. Each cutting blade on the cutm ter wheels 36 has a wire-seat 48 and a face 49, the intersection of the two providing a cutting edge, -as in the case of the spacer block 23. i

As shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the cutter wheels28 and 35 are in their positions of rest during which they stand idle andr in such position that the boxblanks may pass freely beneath them. lt will be noted that there is sufficientclearance between the cutter 'wheel 35 and the cutter wheel 36 when they are in their positions of rest as shown in full lines in Fig. 5, to vpermit the wired side sheets of a box section ,to pass freely between them.

It is usual 1n machines of the type described to have the conveyors and other coracter of adjustment, the various cutting wheels described above may be made adjustable lengthwise of their respective shafts, as by having a keyvvay cut alongthe length of the shaft and keys projecting from the cutting wheels into the ways permitting thecutter Wheels to be moved lengthwise of the shafts and held in adjusted position by set screws in their hubs.

It is to be understood that this invention v'is not limited to the particular embodiment shown and described herein for illustration;

on the contrary the invention may be variously embodiec and the particularconstruction shown may be variously modified as will appear to those skilled in the art.`

lVhat is claimed is l. A, machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, fastener driving means for securing binding wire to box parts; movable means for relatively -moving the fastenerdriving means and box parts to apply fasteners at different points on the box parts; and wire severing means directly operable by the movable means in its movement.

2. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, fastener applying means for securing binding wire to box parts; means for feeding box parts in relation to said fastener applying means; and wirey severing meansdirectly operated by the box part feedingmeans in its feeding movement.

3. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, fastener applying means for securing binding wire to box parts; means for feeding box parts in relation to the fastener applying means; binding wire severing devices; and actuating means for the binding wire severing devices operable during the feeding movement of the box parts.

4. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, fastener applying means to secure binding wire to box parts; a conveyor topresent `box parts to the fastener applying means; means for relatively moving the fastener applying means and conveyor to present to the former different portions of ya box part; and wire severing means .directly operated by said conveyor.V

5. A machine for use in making Wirebound boxes comprising, in' combination, fastener applying means to secure' binding wire to box parts; work holding means to present box parts to the fastener applying means; Wire severing means; and gauging means, positioned in the desired relation to a box part to definitely determine 4the point at which the wire is to be severedV relative to said box part, regardless of irregularities in the movements of the box parts.

6. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination7 fastener applying means for securing binding wire to box parts; means for feeding box parts in relation to the fastener applying means; and wire severing means movable with -the binding-wire during the severing operation.

'7. A machine for use invmaking Wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, fastener applying means for securing wire to a Abox part; work holding means to present a box'v part to the fastener applying means; a gauge carried by the work-holding means to` measure the length of wire relative to the edge of a box part; and wire severing means to sever the wire at the point predetermined by said gauge regardless of irregularities in the movementsof the box parts.

8. A machine for use in. making Wire- 'bound boxes comprising, in combination,

means to cause relative movement between said wire-securing means and successive pieces of work; a spacer block between such pieces of work; and wire severing means directly actuated by said vspacer block. i "9. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, fastener applying means for securing wire to box parts; a'conveyor for the box parts; wire severing means on the conveyor; and additional wire severing means co-operating with those on the conveyor.

l0. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, fastener applying means to secure wire to box parts; a conveyor for the box parts; a wire severing wheel to sever wire after it is secured to a box part; `vand means on the conveyor for causing saidwheel to sever the wire.

11. A`machine for use in' making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination,

fastener applying means to secure wire to box parts; a plurality of successively acting wire severingdevices to act upon wire 'after it is secured to the Vbox parts; means for relatively moving the box parts and wiresecuring` means; and means for causing oper- .ation of the wire severing means at a plu- 'i'oo means to secure binding wire to box parts; I

rality of predetermined points in the said relative movement Without stopping 'the machine. y

12. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination,

fastener applying means for securing wire to box parts; an endless chain conveyoi'for the box parts; a Wire severing Wheel located above each wire secured to a box part; and means beneath each said Wire to co-operate with, the severing wheel.

13. The combination of 'Work holding means to hold Wired box parts or the like.

with gauging means in predetermined re.-l lationship to the Work in said holder, to predetermine the point of severing of the wire; and wire severing means gro-operating with said gauging means to sever the Wireat said oint.

14. rIhe combination of a. Work holder to hold Wired parts of boxes or the like; wire severing means; and means for causing the wire severing. means to sever the wire on al box part in said holder solelyby movement of the holder.

15. rlhe combination of a work holder for a Wired box part; a. positioning device' on the work holder lfor positioning a portion of the box part; av cutting edge on said positioning device; and means for severing the wire against said cutting edge.

16. A wirebound box 'blank machine comprising, in combination, a plurality of staple driving mechanisms for stapling binding wire to a succession of box blanks; means to cause relative movement between a succes- A sion of box blanks andthe stapling devices;

a ,series of cutting devices corresponding' respectively. to the stapling devices and lo cated inthe rear of the latter, for severing binding wires after they are secured to a succession of box blanks; and means direct-ly actuated by relatively moving the Work and 'staple driving mechanisms to actuate `the means to secure binding wire to box parts;

means for feeding box parts in relation thereto; and means directly operated by the feeding movement of the box parts to sever.

said binding wire. l?. ifi. machine for use in makin Wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, ine-ans to secure binding Wire to box parts; means directly operable by relatively mov- L parts and wirefsecuring means Maarre n l A l l to sever sard binding` Wire; and means or effecting such relative movement; the operation of said wire-severing means dependent upon a predetermined extent of such relative movement.

20. A machine for use inf making wire* bound boxes comprising, in combination, means to sec'ure binding wire to box parts; means for relatively moving the box parts and wire-securing means; and cutting means directly operable by said relative movement arranged to sever the binding wire at a predetermined point.

21. machine for usein making Wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, means to secure bindingwire to box parts; means to cause relative movement between said Wire-securing means and box parts; and wire-severing means directly actuated by said relative movement.

'22. A-machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, means to'secure binding Wire to box parts; means to cause relative movement. between .said wire-securing'means and box parts;

25. A vmachine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, means to secure binding wire to box parts; means for feeding box parts relative thereto; and wire-severing means operating to sever the binding wire during the Jfeeding movement ofthe box parts. p

26. A machine for use Ain making wirebound boxes. comprising, inA combination, means to secure binding wire to boxparts;

means for moving the Work relative thereto.;

and automatic wire-severing means movable with the-work during the severing operation. l .l

27. A machine for use in making lwirebound boxes comprising, in combination,vv means to secure binding wire to box parts; means to cause relative movement between said ,securing means and box. parts; vand wire severing means moving with theu wire during a severing operation.`

28. machine for use in making wirebound boxes. comprising, incombination,

said se ring means and box parts; and wire severingmeans moving with the work during a cutting operation and controlled in accordance with said relative movement.

29. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, `in' combination, means to secure binding wire to box parts; means to cause relative movement between ,said securing means and the box parts; and

wire severing means movable during a cutting operation in accordance with said relasecuring means; and means movable with the work duringasevering. operation to cuty the wires at selected points between box parts.

32. A machinefor usein making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, means to secure binding wire to box parts; means to feed box parts relative to said securingmeans; and means movable with the work .and controlled in accordance with its g movement to cut the wires at selected points between box parts.

33. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes: comprising, in combination, means to secure binding wire to box parts; means to feed box parts relative to said securing means; and means movable with the work and controlled in accordance with its movement to cut thebinding wire at a sef lected point between box parts, including gauging means determining suchv point.V

A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, means to secure binding wire to box parts; A

mea-ns to secure binding wire to box parts; means for relatively moving the box parts and wire-securing means; and automatic wire-severing means comprising cooperable cutting members, one in fixed relation to a box part and another brought into coaction therewith by said relative movement.

37. A machine for use'in making wire- 'bound boxes comprising, in combination,

means to secure binding wire to box parts; means for feeding box vparts relative thereto; and automatic wire-severing means including a rotary cutter; said machine being adapted to f operate without interruption upon materials for a plurality of boxes.

38. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, means to secure binding wire to box parts; means to cause relative progression between said securing means and the box parts; and wire-severing means icomprising a pair of cutting members adapted to be brought into loperat-iiig engagement solely by said relative progression.

39. A.machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising7 in combination, means to secure bindingwire to box parts; means to cause relative progression between said securing means and the box parts;` and wire-severing means comprising a pair of independent members adapted to engage the wire between them and move therewith during a cutting operation.

40. A machine -for use in making Wirebound boxes Icomprising, in combination, means to secure binding "wire to box parts; means to cause relative progression between said securing means and the box partsgand `wire-severing means comprising a pair of independent members one of which is actuated by the relative movement and engages and operates the other member.

41. A machine for use in making-wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, means to secure binding wire to box parts; means to cause relative progression between, said securing means and the box parts; and wire-severing means comprising a pair of cutting members having provision for relative progression therebetween and adapted to cooperate and move with the wire dur? ing a cutting operation. i 42. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, -in combination, work-forwarding means; binding-wire-applying mechanism and y wire-severing mechanism directly actuated by the work-forwarding means.

43. A machine for use in making Wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, work-forwarding means; binding-wire-applying mechanism and wire-severing mechanisin controlled and directly actuated by the work-forwarding means.

44. A machine for use in making wiregauging means;

"and move ation.

bound boxes comprising, in combination, work-forwarding means including cutter- :tastener-setting ,mechamsm; and wiresevering mechanism directly actuated by the gauging means. y

A machine for luse in making` wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, work-forwarding means; fastener-setting mechanism; and wire-severing mechanism including a cutting member in fixed relation to the work and movable therewith.

46. A'machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, in combination, work-forwarding means; fastener-setting mechanism; and wire-severing mechanism including a lcutting member carried by the work-forwarding means.

47. A `machine for use in making wirebound boxes "comprising, in combination, a circulating conveyer for the box parts; means to secure binding wire to the-box parts; and ,wire-severing means including a cutting member adapted to circulate with the conveyor.

48. A; machine for psein making boxes A comprising, in combination, work-feeding means, mechanism for applying binding I,wire to box parts, and wire-severing means adapted to enter spaces between box parts therewith during a cutting oper- 49. A machine for-use in making boxes comprising, in combination, work=feeding means, mechanism for applying binding wire to box parts and wire-severing means operable by movement with the work.

ln a machine for use in making wirebound boxes, ,the combination of mechanism to secure binding wire to box parts, means to. cause relative progression between said mechanism and the work, and a wire cutter comprising` a plurality of movable taires operable upon'-movement ot said t i in Y the direction o travel of the wort.

l i 5l. A machine for use in making boxes comprising,` in combination, work-feeding means, mechanism for applying binding wire to box parts, and wire-severing means adapted to enter spaces between box parts comrprising cutting members automatically opervable bymovement of said wire-severing i "means longitudinally of the work.

52. `finmachine Vfor use in making wireapply binding wire to box parts; and wiresevering means comprising a plurality or" relatively movable cutting members operable in spaces between box parts through direct actuation by the work-forwarding means.,

53. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, incombination, work-forwarding means; mechanism to apply binding wire to box parts; wire-severing means adapted to enter spaces between box parts and be actuated by the work-i`or warding means; and gauging means i'or detinitely determining the point of cut-on relative to box part edges'regardlessA of irregu- /larities in the movement of the box parts.

54. A machinev for use in making boxes comprising, in combination, worlcforward- `ing means; binding-wire-applying mechanism; and wiresevering means adapted to enter spaces between box parts and be di rectly actuated by the work-forwarding means. l

55.A machine for usein making boxes comprising, in combination, work-forwardingr means; binding-wire-applying mechanism; and a plurality of wire-severing Imechanisms Vadapted to enter spaces between box parts and be directly actuated by the worin forwarding means.

5,6. A machine for use in ifc comprising, in combination., ing means; binding-wireniv nism; and a plurality oit w' anisms normally held in im but adapted upon p; between box parts be directly actuatefi ing means.

57. A meel eringmech- Y. dive position in vof a space it said space and ,he work-forwardine use in making wireromprising, in combination, applying mechanism; means tive progression between said mechanism and the work; and wire-severing mechanism including relativelty movable cutting vmembers normally located respectively above and below ya wire and adapted to co; operate upon movement with the wire.

ln testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this speciication.

MARY @AlN lNl/VGUD,

Aamvz'nistmtr of Ric/iard Gf.; Inwood, alcceasccl. 

